diff --git a/docs/changelog/2574.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2574.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..496980642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2574.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Resolve symlinks when saving Python executable path - by :user:`ssbarnea`.
diff --git a/src/tox/tox_env/python/virtual_env/api.py b/src/tox/tox_env/python/virtual_env/api.py
index eb0b43301..bb75b61a4 100644
--- a/src/tox/tox_env/python/virtual_env/api.py
+++ b/src/tox/tox_env/python/virtual_env/api.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def _get_python(self, base_python: list[str]) -> PythonInfo | None:  # noqa: U10
             version=interpreter.version,
             is_64=(interpreter.architecture == 64),
             platform=interpreter.platform,
-            extra={"executable": Path(interpreter.system_executable)},
+            extra={"executable": Path(interpreter.system_executable).resolve()},
         )
 
     def prepend_env_var_path(self) -> list[Path]: